Paul Pretorius, the head of the legal team at the state capture probe, said claims made by former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter should have been investigated by
In its Heads of Argument to the Constitutional Court, the Zondo Commission said that the former president’s “public defiance” of the court “appears calculated to undermine public trust in the judiciary and the administration of justice as a whole”.
Zuma did not file a responding affidavit or notice to oppose, which garnered this reaction from the commission in its papers: “Bearing in mind what he has stated publicly about this court, it would have been expected that he would defend or explain his utterances on oath, before this court. The legal effect of his failure to file an opposing affidavit, however, is that all the facts alleged by the commission must be taken to be established.”
The commission has adjourned for the day. It will resume tomorrow
The Commission will continue to hear State Security Agency (SSA) related evidence from an unidentified witness at 10h00 on Thursday, 28 January 2021. #StateCaptureInquirypic.twitter.com/ZjRcza4EZg State Capture Commission (@StateCaptureCom) January 27, 2021
27 January 15:47 Mr Y has confirmed Dr Sydney Mufamadi’s evidence that the SSA, under Thulani Dlomo, embarked on a process to recruit toxicologists to test Zuma’s food and bedding for poison.
Two toxicologists and two lab assistants were recruited and received training in a “foreign country” that the inquiry has elected not to identify – but which was integrally involved in the SSA toxicologist program through a “development agency”.